Our decorative poster shows 27 illustrations of London's pubs which are celebrated for their extraordinary history.
(1) Ye Olde Cock Tavern, Holborn
(2) The Bricklayers Arms, Soho
(3) The Cross Keys, Covent Garden
(4) The Blackfriar, Blackfriars
(5) Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese, Holborn
(6) The George Inn, Borough
(7) The Anchor Inn, Southwark
(8) Ye Olde Mitre, Hatton Garden
(9) The Lamb and Flag, Covent Garden
(10) The George, Temple
(11) The Prospect of Whitby, Wapping
(12) The Wheatsheaf, Fitzrovia
(13) The Cittie of Yorke, Holborn
(14) The Grenadier, Belgravia
(15) The Dog and Duck, Soho
(16) The Cutty Sark, Greenwich
(17) The Flask, Hampstead
(18) The Star Tavern, Belgravia
(19) The Crown Tavern, Clerkenwell
(20) The Seven Stars, Holborn
(21) The French House, Soho
(22) The Spaniards Inn, Hampstead
(23) The Viaduct Tavern, Holborn
(24) The Nags Head, Knightsbridge
(25) The Mayflower, Rotherhithe
(26) The Trafalgar Tavern, Greenwich
(27) The Grapes, Limehouse
A Grenadier was a soldier trained to throw grenades. The Grenadier Guards today are familiar to tourists as the Buckingham Palace sentrymen wearing the tall bearskin hats and red jackets.
The original building (1720) on this site, was an army officers' mess and located in a courtyard of their barracks. It became a pub in 1818 called The Guardsman but was renamed after the Battle of Waterloo. The current building dates from 1843.
